Old Carter 13 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Single Barrel #93 (2020 Release)

Neat. Sample. My sample bottle says this is a Justin’s House of Bourbon pick from Railbird Festival. 13 year. Rich nose. Peanut shells. Vanilla wafers and pudding. Slight banana. Like a banana bread even. Bright cherry. Hint of orange. Sweet oak, I would not guess 13 years. Oh, getting so much bright apple now. Granny Smith. Surprised it took me so long to get there because I can’t get around it now. Very nice. Mouthfeel is a bit average but very oily too. Dark on the tongue. The taste really matches the nose. The vanilla wafer, pudding, banana is all there and so good. The apple spikes on the finish. The apple has a lot of caramel with it. There is a nice velvety oak that acts as a deep bass note throughout. I’m starting to feel the age but it took for a few sips for the oak to really present itself. Really good. I think this is Barton juice. If it is, we are talking about probably the best Barton pour I have on memory. It’s so well balanced and the banana pudding/bread, apple, caramel transitions are so strong. The oak on this too is very well balanced. Quite delicious.